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Workers' demonstration marks 'Labour Day' in Kolkata | A large number of workers here celebrated the 'Labour Day' on Saturday by demonstrating for their rights on the streets of Kolkata. Various labour organizations and trade unions marked this day, also
known as May Day or International Workers' Day, by raising slogans for labour
rights to prevent retrenchment and improve working ties with the employers here.
The participating demonstrators sang Communist songs to express solidarity with
Chicago workers. "The labour class has to fight for deciding their minimum wages...the
labour class has to fight for deciding their hours of work...there is an urgent
need to fight over all these issues... and there is a need for the labourers to
fight together because the organised labour class is only seven percent in our
country and the rest 93 percent is unorganised class. Therefore, it is the duty
of the organised labours to help the unorganised ones to fight the system," said
Alok Banerjee, a Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Leader. He said demonstrating
against the government is the only way to be heard. May Day or International Workers'
Day is observed in remembrance of the Chicago workers when the Chicago police
fired on workers during a general strike, killing several demonstrators. Also,
it is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from the labour
union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers.
The celebration of Labour Day has its origins in the Eight-hour day movement,
which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours
for rest. |
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